Sheep, chickens, ducks and such in the Waitsfield, Mad River Valley, Vermont
Always watching, thinking, dreaming and creating on Stowell Farm
The first flowers of spring have passed. The beautiful violets, daffodils, lilacs and apple blossoms are followed by the iris, peonies, and phlox. The elder flowers come soon...along with rose hips, rose and lupin. Thanks, Jen, for bringing this lovely bouquet from your home gardens to the farm. They are still looking lovely in the kitchen.
The duck eggs are huge! Busting right out of the container. Thanks to Daisy, Grace and the Rouens and Pekins, we have plenty.
Stowell Farm Chicken and Duck Eggs
Although we sell chicken eggs here at the farm, we also raise ducks—and have the lucky privilege of enjoying duck eggs. There are lots of lovely recipes to be found: Jamie Oliver has been my go-to for these, while Jim Lahey tosses them on a pizza (with asparagus and such...recipes in "My Pizza"). Yotam Ottolenghi uses them often, but I find his recipes often include ingredients that are not close at hand—or easy to find. David Cohen, however, embraced the challenge and turned out two recipes (that he loved) just like that (that is "sort-of-"David," isn't it?). The first was duck eggs with white sardines (he mentioned that eggs and sardines are always a great match). He'd intended to layer asparagus, but the day did not provide a good batch of fresh asparagus to work with—next time. The second was baked eggs with spinach and mushrooms. He briefly explained the ingredients and process, but then directed me to some similar inspiration at http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/baked-eggs-with-spinach-and-mushrooms-109541. Enjoy the photos and give these recipes a whirl. Thanks so much David! (Photos are not respective.)
Cosmos, Planet, Superhero and Lightening graze among the dandelions a few days ago. Our lambs were all born between January 8th and April 24th—so it was a long lambing season this year (all due to a few surprise rams mingling). We have little lambs and big ones—growing, playing and sleeping. It's a beautiful thing! The chickens (picture below) are also happy to free-range in the relative warmth. The ducks (we have Gracie, a Swedish Blue now too) also enjoy the bounty that the change of season brings.
This week, I've been making calls to everyone who purchased lamb from us last year (thank you to you all!). I was so excited to receive awesome feedback: "the lamb was terrific, delicious, best I've ever had..." etc... Thank you all for letting us know. It means so much. As you all know, we spend a great deal of time, care and effort keeping these guys well fed, well cared for, and loved.
One of my nice mails came from Nancy Baron who said: "The lamb is great! I would love to get another whole lamb." Nancy is the Program manager for the Vermont Farm Fund (www.vermontfarmfund.org). The Fund provides no-hassle, friendly-term loans to Vermont farmers and food producers (I should get in touch!). Thanks for the kind words, Nancy, and thanks for all of your great efforts at the Vermont Farm Fund.
For other nice notes, check out our testimonials at www.stowellfarm.com/testimonials. New updates today.
“Last year’s lamb was the best I ever had! Looking forward to another. Thank you very much!”
Photo of Pete courtesy Jordan Silverman
Welcome to Stowell Farm. This site tells and shows a bit about the many things we do on this amazing property on the East Warren Road in the Mad River Valley.
The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont is a nonprofit association of farmers, gardeners, and consumers working to promote an economically viable and ecologically sound Vermont food system for the benefit of current and future generations.
www.nofavt.org
The Vermont Sheep Breeders’ Association is a non-profit agricultural membership organization and has been in existence for over 100 years. We are incorporated in the State of Vermont, have a Board of Directors and a written set of by-laws. In addition to soliciting our membership on an annual basis for dues to sustain our administrative services and publications, we write for grants to support our programs.
As a volunteer organization, we could do nothing without the good will, ideas and help of our membership.
The Vermont Farm Bureau is a grassroots organization with policies and priorities set at the County level by individual farmer members in a democratic process that dates back to our beginning.
Helping the public make responsible choices about herbal medicine and healthcare. The Council provides education using science-based and traditional information to promote responsible use of herbal medicine — serving the public, researchers, educators, healthcare professionals, industry and media.
The Safe Seed Pledge was created in 1999 when High Mowing Organic Seeds guided a coalition of 9 other seed companies in drafting a statement about the signers' stance on genetic engineering. Over 70 companies have signed the pledge, ranging from large seed companies to family-owned businesses such as ours.
United Plant Savers' mission is to protect native medicinal plants of the United States and Canada and their native habitat while ensuring an abundant renewable supply of medicinal plants for generations to come.
http://www.unitedplantsavers.org
A non-profit organization dedicated to providing healthcare resources grounded in Nature. Our work brings clinical herbalism to community practice through the weaving of science, spirit and grassroots activism. We provide one of the nation’s most extensive clinical training opportunities in herbal medicine, rooted in deep connection with the plants and place.
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